well in response to ever one but the thread starter.ringo played as ritchie starkey when he first joined the raving texans.his spot was called starr time.the segment in which he showed his skills.to have a more cowboyish type name he chose ringo after a cowboy named johnny ringo.the ring thing followed afterwards.right alanbert?

It dates to Rory and The Hurricane days (and before, actually, in Liverpool he was always called 'Rings' because he wore a lot of rings). When the band members decided to give themselves stagenames (ala Paul Ramon, etc.) Ritchie changed it to Ringo, and as Starkey didn't fit he shortened his to Starr.

alan you better come clear this up.....rings he was called.ringo came about in rorys band.paul ramone,carl harrison,long john silver,stu de stael,pete stayed pete best.these were names the silver beatles used.ringo was in the hurricanes then charles.....

[quote by=pc31 link=Blah.pl?b=starr,m=1087705880,s=9 date=1090061499]alan you better come clear this up.....rings he was called.ringo came about in rorys band.paul ramone,carl harrison,long john silver,stu de stael,pete stayed pete best.these were names the silver beatles used.ringo was in the hurricanes then charles.....[/quote]

Yes I know. I wrote my blurb rather confusingly. The guys in the Huricanes were changing their names as well at the time ("Johnny Guitar") and that was what I was referring to. I shouldn't have used 'Paul Ramon' as an example, as it clouded the issue.

Ringo's real name wasn't Starkey but something else (I forgot). His grandmother (or grandfather, I forgot) married this other man (or woman) and it just changed into Starkey. That's what I read in 'The Beatles: Anthology'.

[quote by=Soft_Guitar60 link=Blah.pl?b=starr,m=1087705880,s=12 date=1090091692]Ringo's real name wasn't Starkey but something else (I forgot). His grandmother (or grandfather, I forgot) married this other man (or woman) and it just changed into Starkey. That's what I read in 'The Beatles: Anthology'.

P.S. I'm the one who forgets things...[/quote]thanks for the clarity charles......parkin was the name granddad changed to starkey....